Sexual dimorphism determination by piriform aperture morphometric analysis in Brazilian human skulls;Determinación de Dimorfismo Sexual Mediante Análisis Morfométrico de la Apertura Piriforme en Cráneos Humanos Brasileños

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-331

  Cantín López, Mario ^a   Suazo Galdames, Iván Claudio ^a,b   Zavando Matamala, Daniela Alejandra ^b   Smith, Ricardo Luiz ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Piriform aperture; Sexual dimorphism; Skulls

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349606838     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022009000200007     Document Type: Article

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